Girls State Tournament Preview

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The 2nd Annual Girls State Wrestling Tournament will be held Saturday March 20th at Blennerhassett Middle School with action starting at 1:00PM. There are no general admission tickets available to the public. The High School division is up in numbers with 49 girls registered. The Middle School has 13 entries.

Musselman is favored to defend their title from last year with 12 wrestlers entered. They will be pressed by East Hardy eight grapplers. Blennerhassett is favored in the Middle School division with four wrestlers. No other middle school has multiple entrys. Last year's Middle School champion Huntington has no entrys this year.

Individually six High School wrestlers and two Middle School wrestlers look for repeat titles with last year's outstanding wrestler Zoey Salmons of Cabell Midland leading the charge. She is joined by teammate Loralei Smith, St. Albans' Caitlyn Ash, East Hardy's Sierra Marie Miller, Greenbrier East's Micah Fisher and Poca's Chenoa Taylor as defending champions. Blennerhassett's Anniya Powell and Brooklin Whitehead look to repeat as champions in the Middle School division.

This year's tournament will use the Madison Round Robin format with students being put in groups of four to six wrestlers of similiar weights. Brackets will be drawn and posted by Monday evening March 15th.

West Virginia Girls State Wrestling Tournament
2021 Entries

NAME SCHOOL GRADE
High School Division
Aubrey Moore Brooke 9th
Elisa Riley Buffalo 10th
Hanna Cobb Buffalo 11th
Zoey Salmons Cabell Midland 10th
Loralei Smith Cabell Midland  10th
Alyssa Barnes  Doddridge  12th
Caitlin Ward East Hardy 11th
Courtney Shank East Hardy 11th
Gabreanna Miller East Hardy 10th
Madison Heishman  East Hardy 11th
Victoria Ames East Hardy 11th
Erin Riggle East Hardy  12th
Nahkita Bauserman East Hardy  9th
SierraMarie Miller East Hardy  12th
Emma Kesterson Greenbrier East 11th
Micah Fisher Greenbrier East 11th
Gracie Hutchinson Huntington 9th
Eleanna Johnson Hurricane 9th
Madisyn Lowther Hurricane 9th
Pearl Chambers John Marshall 10th
Rikki Tremmell Logan 11th
Shyann Evans Logan 11th
Maddy Clayton Moorefield 11th
Alexus Shives Musselman  9th
Emily Anderson  Musselman  12th
Faith Duerr Musselman  11th
Fiorella Alarcon Musselman  10th
Gwen Kackley  Musselman  11th
Gwyn Wilson  Musselman  11th
Jade Thompson  Musselman  12th
Jillian Timberlake  Musselman  11th
Kendall Shepherd  Musselman  10th
Lydia Estrada  Musselman  11th
Payton Graham  Musselman  10th
Savannah Sellers Musselman  11th
Lilliann McElroy Oak Glen 9th
Mallory Heinrich  Oak Glen 10th
Chenoa Taylor Poca 10th
Caitlynn Ash Saint Albans 10th
Ericka Epperly Shady Spring 9th
Leslie Ward Shady Spring 9th
Tayla Grove Shady Spring 10th
Lakenzi Whittington Sissonville 9th
Josie Bennett  South Harrison  9th
Faith Getridge Spring Mills 12th
Paige Jackson Spring Mills 10th
Ciara Riner Spring Valley 9th
Mya Anderson  Tyler Consolidated  11th
Skye Davis Washington 12th

Middle School Division
Amiya Powell Blennerhassett 6th
Anniya Powell  Blennerhassett 7th
Brooklin Whitehead Blennerhassett 8th
Christina Heathcoat Blennerhassett 8th
Ava Lemasters Cameron 7th
Zariah Cottingham  East Fairmont 6th
Justice Anthony Hamilton  7th
Dakota Caruso Home School 8th
Mattie Pauley John Adams 8th
Alexandria Evans Milton 8th
Addison Burt Point Pleasant 7th
Bailey Emery South 8th
Elena Winfrey Tyler Consolidated 7th